The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord(A) was ninety feet[a] long, thirty feet[b] wide, and forty-five feet[c] high.(B) The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple’s width, and fifteen feet deep[d] in front of the temple.(C) He also made windows with beveled frames[e] for the temple.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:2 Lit 60 cubits
  2. 6:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 3,16,20
  3. 6:2 Lit 30 cubits
  4. 6:3 Lit 10 cubits wide
  5. 6:4 Hb obscure

The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a] The portico(B) at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[b] and projected ten cubits[c] from the front of the temple. He made narrow windows(C) high up in the temple walls.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26